Bible Verses About Temptations
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for temptations, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 408 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Temptations
1 Corinthians 10:1386 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Mark 14:3864 votes
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
James 4:753 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Hebrews 2:1834 votes
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Luke 22:4026 votes
And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
Ephesians 4:2720 votes
Neither give place to the devil.
James 1:2-417 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Matthew 4:1-1116 votes
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew 6:1316 votes
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
1 Corinthians 7:516 votes
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Romans 6:12-1413 votes
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Ephesians 6:13-1713 votes
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Hebrews 4:1513 votes
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 13:411 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Luke 4:1-1310 votes
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
What does the Bible say about temptations?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:13 on the subject of temptations. Across 408 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 14:38, James 4:7, Hebrews 2:18. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.